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| Emittent | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Jahr | 575-625 |
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| Durchmesser | 22 mm |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Standing figure of Victory (assimilated to a winged angelic or saintly type in the Germanic imitative tradition), depicted facing, with wings spread, holding a long staff or cross in the left hand and a globus cruciger or wreath in the right. The exergual inscription CONOB, referencing the Constantinople mint and gold purity standard, is retained from the Byzantine prototype. The surrounding retrograde legend, read from right to left, is a debased rendering of the imperial Victory formula. The style is crude and angular, characteristic of barbarous imitations struck by uncertain Germanic tribes. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Struck by Germanic authorities — most likely Frankish or Visigothic — who lacked both the political standing and the economic infrastructure to issue coinage under their own names, these pseudo-imperial solidi parasitized Byzantine imperial types as a guarantee of acceptability in trade. The Eastern Empire actively objected to the practice; Justinian I reportedly complained through diplomatic channels that barbarian imitations were undermining Byzantine monetary credibility across Mediterranean markets.
Justin I died in 527. That his name continued appearing on Germanic gold nearly a century later tells you everything about how slowly monetary trust moves.